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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier' [‎100r] (199/440)

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The record is made up of 1 file (218 folios). It was created in 21 Nov 1939-7 Nov 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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k* Til# points to fco Interpreted and the Interpretation
ehioh it la au^eated should be given to them are as follows :**
(1) long the Batin' the frontier line shall fellow
t|»felveg » the line of the deepest depression*
(2) me "point 3u»t South of the latitude of Eafwaa*
shall be the point on the thalweg of the Satin due test
of the point a little to the douth of Safwan at which
the pe&t and notloe«*bourd marieing the frontier stood
until ,areh f 1939•
(3) Prom the Batin the )WL neighbourhood of iu^iaan
the frontier eliall be a line along the parallel of
latitude on which atande the above«taentioned point
at which the poet and notice-board formerly stood*
(h) The w junction of the *Jior ^ubalr with the ;hor
Abdullah" shall mean the junction of the thalweg of
the Khor £ubair with the thalweg of the north-
westerly arm of the her Abdullah fcaown &e the
fther lihetaji®.
(3) From the neighbourhood of Safwan to the junction
of the her £ubair with the i hor Abdullah the frontier
shall be the shortest line between the point defined
in sub-paragraph (2) and the point defined in sub
paragraph (k). But if this line ahull be found, when
followed on the i round to atrl&e the right baruc of the
Khor subair before it reaehee the point defined in aub-
puragraph {hj§ it shall be modified In such a manner
as to follow the low wa er line on the right bank of
the dhor siubair until a point cm the bank iswaedlately
opposite the point defined in sub-paragraph (U) is
reached, thus leaving the whole of the dher ; ubair
to Iraq*
( 6 )

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This file contains correspondence regarding the demarcation of the Iraq-Kuwait frontier including issues related to a disagreement between the governments of Iraq and Kuwait regarding the location of a specific border marker, smuggling between the two countries and the development of Umm al-Qasr port in Iraq and the potential implications thereof.

The primary correspondents in the file are British officials from the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy in Baghdad and the British Consulate in Basra.

The file also contains a letter to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait from the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (in Arabic with English translation) and a limited amount of correspondence with the Government of Iraq (folios 46 and 110).

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1 file (218 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-219; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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